Solr Development Begins at CNET Networks

Name: Solr Development Begins at CNET Networks
Start: 2004-01-01
Location: San Francisco, California, USA

Yonik Seeley begins developing Solr as an internal project at CNET Networks to power their websites' search functionality, building it on top of Apache Lucene.

Significance

This marks the birth of Solr, creating the initial codebase and proving its viability as a powerful, configurable search server for enterprise needs.

Key facts

Date: 2004-01-01
Type: invention
Location: San Francisco, California, USA